Arizona, The Racist State?

Though the Supreme Court overturned much of the Arizona law, but not
the part the liberals and their media friends loathed the most, it
wasn't hard to predict the networks would once again line up with the
amnesty lobby. ABC's Diane Sawyer mourned "the most inflammatory part of
the law" was upheld.

Once again, those impartial network producers are making themselves the
sob sisters of illegal aliens. ABC found a man who carries a document
in his glove compartment insisting that if he's deported, his children
shouldn't go into foster care. NBC put on a woman watching cartoons with
her cute little kids, wearing a T-shirt saying "Arrest [Sheriff Joe]
Arpaio, Not the People." Reporter Savannah Guthrie predicted more
lawsuits to repeal the one section the court upheld – because liberals
never accept defeat. It's so predictable.

So predictable, in fact, that now there is no pretense of objectivity
whatsoever. ABC's Diane Sawyer also turned to one of the most biased
journalists in America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, who just pounds
the drum for amnesty at every opportunity. Yes, a news anchor. He
lamented the Supreme Court decision, saying "the last hope is gone," and
blamed both parties for failing to pass "major immigration reform."
Sawyer asked him to tell the stories of Latinos, and he summarized,
"It's fear, and fear of persecution in the future."

Entering the country illegally is no longer an abuse of law. Illegal
aliens are victims, never victimizers. Nor will networks dare focus on
the costs of illegal immigration - starting with crime, but adding tax
dollars for health care, welfare, and education spending. Are there
stories to tell? How about the story about the intoxicated illegal alien
in Virginia who plowed into a car full of nuns, killing one and
injuring two. But that would damage the narrative.

The whole thing was a repeat of 2010. When the Media Research Center
analyzed 50 stories produced by the networks in a ten-day period in
April and May, the slant was equally unbelievable. The tone was strongly
hostile to the law and promotional to the "growing storm" of left-wing
protesters: 37 stories (or 74 percent) were negative, 10 were neutral,
and only three were positive toward the Arizona law's passage. That's a
ratio of 12 to 1.

The soundbite count was also slanted, with 92 quotes against the law
and only 52 in favor. The pro-law side, however, was largely on the
defensive against liberal charges that they were racists or favored
racial profiling. On eleven occasions, the networks even forwarded
smears that proponents of the Arizona law were like Nazis or Civil
War-era slaveholders.

NBC's Andrea Mitchell said Arizona was becoming a "laughingstock," and
then showed "Saturday Night Live" fake-news anchor Seth Meyers joking
"So heads up, Arizona. That's fascism. I know, I know, it's a dry
fascism, but it's still fascism." Then Jon Stewart compared Arizona's
request for papers to "the same thing free black people had to do in
1863."

Remember this the next time NBC whines about super PACs making our politics ugly.

By contrast, left-wing protesters were never once described as
"liberal." No, they're "Latino activists" or "civil rights activists."
One might assume the left was in the majority. ABC's David Muir
described an "angry backlash from coast to coast. Huge rallies across
this country tonight against that new controversial immigration law."
Only five of the 50 stories then mentioned the Arizona law was broadly
favored by 70 percent of the public. So much for that "huge" opposition.

Underlying this entire journalistic crusade in every year is the
fervent hope that minorities will vote overwhelmingly Democratic. NBC
and MSNBC reports its poll showing Obama beating Romney 61 to 27 percent
among Latinos so often one must assume it gives them a Chris
Matthews-style thrill up their legs.

President Obama clearly sided against Arizona law enforcers when he put
out a race-card statement after the high court decision saying "No
American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of
what they look like." This principle obviously does not extend to white
police officers.

Republicans obviously would like to appeal to Latino voters, to every
voter. Their challenge is a national press corps that tries nightly to
poison the waters, implying that Latinos should vote for Obama as a
matter of ethnic survival. They mock the conservatives as "dry fascists"
and slaveholders. They claim to solemnly oppose dividing the country by
race. Don't believe it. They thrive on it. "Wedge issues" are
fantastic...when they help liberals acquire power.

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